Introduction It is widely recognized that physicians of all backgrounds benefit from having a
general palliative care skill set to optimally manage their patients at the end of life. However …

Background: Equipping all interprofessional clinicians with foundational palliative care
competencies is essential to address the complex needs of the growing number of adults …

Introduction: Despite recent educational advances, the need for a national standardized
primary palliative care curriculum for health professions students remains evident. Methods …

Outcomes 1. Participants will be able to identify three strategies to incorporate palliative care
knowledge and skills into medical education. 2. Participants will be able to discuss the role …

The article describes the development of the postgraduate palliative medicine programs at
the University of Cape Town (UCT) through collaboration with the Palliative Medicine …

Background Interdisciplinary practice is core to palliative care, yet students of the healthcare
professions are rarely prepared to practice in interdisciplinary teams. The National Cancer …

Our aging population and advances in chronic disease management that prolong the time
that patients live with a chronic illness have combined to create an enormous need for …

Background: Palliative care is part of comprehensive family practice; however, many
physicians do not feel confident in the biomedical and psychosocial realms. Although …

Objectives 1. Describe the background, objectives, methods, and results of the national
consensus project to propose palliative care competencies for graduating medical students …

This article presents a rapid review of the published literature and available resources for
educating Canadian physicians to provide palliative and end-of-life care. Several key …